First of all, we contacted Statistics Canada. Then we sent a letter to Minister Clement asking him to reestablish the long form. We also asked to meet with Minister Moore, the person responsible for official languages and part VII of the act, in order to ask that the communities be consulted. We also requested a meeting with Mr. Day, who is responsible for the designation of offices. We contacted the Treasury Board Secretariat several times in order to ask how the designation exercise was going to unfold. I must admit that much to our surprise, people were not aware that there were language questions included in the long questionnaire. I was told that the designation process had already been launched.
Thus, we made several representations but got nowhere. To date we are still expecting replies from these people.